Sentence examples for a bit picked from inspiring English sources

He winked at Andrea, walked to the hardware shop, complained about clients who had only one set of keys, strolled around for a bit, picked up the new set, went back to the Right Plaice, prepared a line about the chilly weather playing havoc with his bladder, didn't need to use it, put her keys back, and ordered a cappuccino.

The tick wanders a bit, picks its spot and goes to work.

If the full-back tucks in to look after him, that creates space for Cristiano Ronaldo to step back a bit, pick up the ball and run at his marker.

Crowdsourced cooking and commerce site Food52 has extended its runaway a bit, picking up $6 million in additional funding in a round that's being characterized as the company's "Series A-1".

I think for me, it was a little bit picking up my guitar.

The parallels (or discrepancies) between the characters' careers and their private lives are sometimes a bit obtrusively picked over.

Juventus, of course, knows quite a bit about picking referees.

All her adult life, she had been a prominent and uncompromising activist for the preservation of the rainforest, so the choice was a bit like picking a human-rights lawyer to run the police.

The most likely scenario for the United States economy is a soft landing in which the expansion slows a bit before picking up again, the fund said.

Carole Lambert, whose "Sea Glass Hunter's Handbook" is her third on the subject, confesses that her interest feels, at times, "a bit loopy — picking up garbage from the beach".

That's a bit like picking up a guitar for the first time and being frustrated because you can't immediately play "Free Bird".